Harvard Art Museums > 1968.17: View of Harvard College Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"View of Harvard College (Alvan Fisher) , 1968.17,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/308976. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1968.17 People Alvan Fisher, American (Needham, MA 1792 - 1863 Dedham, MA) Title View of Harvard College Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1821-1830 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308976 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray wash over graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 43.5 × 45 cm (17 1/8 × 17 11/16 in.) image: 25.2 × 37.8 cm (9 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, blue ballpoint: #12 inscription: verso, graphite: T4852 / 10 x 14 1/2 / 14D / 350 inscription: lower edge of image, graphite: Good effect sight watermark: J. WHATMAN [per conservation] Provenance Recorded Ownership History The artist, by descent; to Mrs. Stanley Kimball, Dedham, Massachusetts, sold; to [Vose Galleries, Boston], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1968 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ernest Angell (through the Gifts for Special Uses Fund) Accession Year 1968 Object Number 1968.17 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Sheet appears to have been folded at one time so that only the image was visible, with no border. Publication History Hamilton Vaughan Bail, Views of Harvard: A Pictorial Record to 1860, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1949), p. 151, n. 3 H. Wade White, "Recent Accessions: A View of the College Buildings by Alvan Fisher", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, December 1968), vol. VI, n.p., repr. as fig. 1 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
